There’s occasionally a game remake that comes out of left field, and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty popping up on the NVIDIA Shield is a great example of how it can be done right. I popped onto my Shield and captured the first 15 minutes of the game in motion, as well as a smattering if the included Snake Tales section of the game. While you load that up, let’s answer what’s new in this version:

Hours of gameplay: Includes the full MGS2: Sons of Liberty experience, along with all of the VR Missions.

Features a rich story featuring Solid Snake and other characters from the Metal Gear Solid saga.

Optimized to exclusively run on SHIELD TV at 60 fps in 720p.

The game takes up a whopping 4GB of storage – amazing, given that this was released in November of 2001. Better still, it also supports English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish language options, as well as supporting a 16:9 aspect ratio.

What could this spell for future releases of Metal Gear games on the Shield? Could we see Twin Snakes, Snake Eater, or even a port of Metal Gear Ac!d or Metal Gear Ac!d 2? Here’s to hoping that Konami and NVIDIA manage to put together more amazing Metal Gear titles for their Android-powered setup / gameplay streaming device. As you can see, the Shield is more than capable of handling the higher quality port without a single framerate hiccup.

Ron Burke is the Editor in Chief for Gaming Trend. Currently living in Fort Worth, Texas, Ron is an old-school gamer who enjoys CRPGs, action/adventure, platformers, music games, and has recently gotten into tabletop gaming.
Ron is also a fourth degree black belt, with a Master's rank in Matsumura Seito Shōrin-ryū, Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do, Universal Tang Soo Do Alliance, and International Tang Soo Do Federation. He also holds ranks in several other styles in his search to be a well-rounded fighter.
Ron has been married to Gaming Trend Editor, Laura Burke, for 21 years. They have three dogs - Pazuzu (Irish Terrier), Atë, and Calliope (both Australian Kelpie/Pit Bull mixes).